Sometimes girls are very open about dancing in clubs or men offering them money for sex. Other times it can be hard to tell and making assumptions doesn’t help. So many girls from all over the city have been impacted by the sex trade - if you work in a school, youth program, shelter, counseling center or anywhere youth gather - you know someone who is or has been involved. Asking directly can be one way to find out. But youth can recognize from your words or body language or the negative consequences from a positive answer (like losing level in a program, everyone finding out or being asked to leave a program) that it’s not safe to answer truthfully.